Extremist Deobandis of the Sipah-e-Sahaba have once again attacked the Data Di Nagri (Data’s city), Lahore. This time their target was the sacred shrine of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri, a Persian Sufi and scholar during the 11th century who significantly contributed to the spreading of Islam in South Asia.

According to puritanical beliefs of extremist Deobandis and Wahhabis of the Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban, ordinary Sunni Muslims of the Barelvi belief are considered as polytheists (mushrik) because of their devotion to a peace loving Sufi (mystic) tradition of Islam. Therefore, narrow minded supporters of the Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba consider Barelvi / Sufi Muslims as grave worshippers and inferior Muslims.

In the past, the Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba alliance have attacked a number of shrines in various parts of Pakistan, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.

Only last week, in June 2010, the Deobandi terrorists of the Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba attacked and blew up the shrine of Mian Umar Baba in the jurisdiction of Chamkani police station.

Here is a news report on the recent attack on Lahore’s Data Darbar, by Samaa TV:

Picture source: BBC Urdu

At least 37 people have been killed while dozens of others injured in three explosions near Data Darbar late Thursday night, SAMAA reported. Rescue teams have reached the scene, initiating the rescue work. The explosions have been occurred just outside the walls of Data Darbar, which have damaged the walls of the shrine. Meanwhile, the security of Bibi Pak Daman has been tightened. A large number of visitors were present at Data Darbar due to Thursday. Public have started chanting anti-government slogans for poor security arrangements.

While talking to SAMAA, DCO Lahore Sajjad Bhutta termed the attacks as ‘suicidal’. Head of a suicide bomber has been recovered near the site of the blasts. SAMAA

Here is the hate spreading and violence inciting article at pkpolitics.com that Imran referred to:

Demolish the “Centers of Shirk” (328 posts)

We will remain in this mess, that we find the Muslim ummah today, until we wake up and demolish the “Centers of Shirk”, like data darbar and the likes of it, and believe in the Tawheed of Allaah Subhaanuhu wa Ta’aala the way the Sahaaba (may Allaah be pleased with all of them) believed in it.

Our beloved Prophet Muhammad salAllaahu alaihi wassallam spent first twelve years of his prophet hood preaching Tawheed. There was no obligatory prayers, fasting, hajj etc in that period.

So we should think what verses of Quraan were revealed in that period and what was our Prophet Muhammad salAllaahu alaihi wassallam taught to this companions (may Allaah be pleased with all of them) in the first twelve years of prophet hood.

We don’t need to abolish them. It will be too sharp or drastic a change for people to accept.

We can do the same in a much better way to get rid of these ‘centers of shirk’. The better way is;

(1) Govt. to restore justice to people of Pakistan as per Islam’s given standards
(2) Govt. to bring an end to corruption
(3) Govt. to spend tax payer money in creating jobs
(4) Govt. to create an environment which is highly attractive for business activity
(5) Govt. to formulate education system strategy

Taking the above steps will systematically as well as automatically get rid of these ‘centers of shirk’ for us.

As if the recent acts of violence and an atmosphere of fear was not enough, the butchers have attacked Lahore’s oldest and grandest shrine – also known as Data Saheb. Thursday night is the time when thousands visit this shrine to pray and offer their respects to Hazrat Usman Hajwery, a Sufi who has been known as the protector of the city and the generous guide who is believed to have blessed countless generations.

This is a barbaric attack and should serve as a wake up call. Data Saheb’s shrine is not just another crowded place – it represents a millenia of tolerant Sufi Islam which is directly under attack by the puritans.Last year, there were threats and the government had closed the place for a day or two. This time the worst of nightmares has come true.

May Allah bless those who lost their innocent lives in the Tragedy. Aa’meen.

Now where were those “Marsiya Go” who are now shedding tears [Newscasters of Private TV Channels] on the tragedy above and they were criminally silent on the Killings of Innocent Ahmedis/Quadiyanis in Lahore.

BARELY days after the Punjab chief minister was caught playing to the Taliban gallery, another high official from the province is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. This time, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Mohammad Sharif has sparked outrage for reportedly saying that Hindus were responsible for financing acts of terrorism in Pakistan. The remarks came while the judge was hearing two identical petitions against the possible extradition of Afghan Taliban suspects. It may well have been a slip of the tongue by Mr Sharif, who might have mistakenly said ‘Hindu’ instead of ‘India’ — nevertheless it was a tasteless remark to say the least. Although such remarks warrant criticism what makes them worse is the position of the person who makes them. These sort of comments are the last thing one expects to hear from a judge, that too the chief justice of a provincial high court. What sort of message are we sending to our minorities, as well as to the world, when the holder of such a respected public office makes comments that come across as thoughtless? The Hindu members of the National Assembly walked out of the house on Tuesday to protest the remarks. The members said the comments had hurt the feelings of Pakistani Hindus — and there is no doubt that they had. REFERENCE: Tactless remarks Dawn Editorial Thursday, 18 Mar, 2010 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/14-tactless-remarks-830-zj-10

A very heartless incident with took place today in Lahore at the Shrine of Hazrat Data Gunj Bukhs (R.A). A very respected saint who served in worshiping most of his life in Islam and spreading Islam in Sub-Continent. Giving teachings for humanity but what happen today was shameful for all of us.
I blame the law enforcement agencies and their higher authorities who lacked in stopping these bomb attacks twice in this week. Police and other Securities should be responsible for this act because this happen due to their irresponsible duties. They are just happy and pleased with their salaries now, working for the citizens is never in their duty. Where they dont have to work and investigate, always have a same statement that it is a Suicide attack. Whether it is or not they just give lame excuses and says anything a suicide attack so that they dont have to investigate, because if they do then so many names comes infront and would make the responsible and helping hang in trouble.
Data sahib served his life in serving of humanity and what he got after this?
-Geo news said “Its was cracker only and no injuries took place”, without investigating they provided us with false report. who is responsible is always a BIG question!

Aziz has been picked up for the second time, his wife said, denying any links of the family with terrorism incidents. “I’m a sworn enemy of America and can pay any price for it but I strongly oppose terrorism within Pakistan,” Amira Aziz told The News. She said the intelligence operatives had been following the women activists of Tehrik-e-Islami for the last six months and harassed them. She alleged that her husband was beaten black and blue when picked up last time and kept in illegal custody for a night. Amira said her son, Omer, a heart patient, was very upset when intelligence guys kept his father in their custody for a night. A female member of Tehrik, Najma Sana, who lives in G-9/1, is already in the agency’s custody for the last 10 days. Sarwat Wahid, after being chased by the intelligence agency, left Islamabad for Karachi where she was again pursued by the police. Her sister and children in Karachi have been arrested to press for recovery of Sarwat who has gone underground there. Sarwat’s son, Jawad, is also missing. Tahira Mumtaz, another female member of the Tehrik, was twice called for investigation over her alleged assistance to Sarwat to flee the capital. Altaf Aziz Khattack, SHO, said he was not aware of any such incident. He asked this correspondent to take up the matter with the R A Bazaar police in whose jurisdiction the mosque was attacked. When contacted, officials of the concerned police station said that they had not arrested Ehsan Aziz, adding the Army was investigating the attack and the matter may be taken up with them. The DG ISPR could not be contacted. REFERENCE: JI splinter group leader, females held for links to suicide attackers Friday, December 18, 2009 By Umar Cheema http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=214063

ISLAMABAD: One of the top security agencies on Wednesday picked up Raja Ehsan Aziz, a member of Tehrik-e-Islami (TI), for his alleged connections with terrorists who had attacked the Parade Lane Mosque in Rawalpindi and Moon Market in Lahore. Tehrik-e-Islami is a splinter group of the JI. Two female members of the Tehrik have already been taken into custody. Sarwat Wahid, another female member whose son’s car was used in the Parade Lane Mosque attack, is missing. Also her son, Jawad, who was studying in Faisalabad after doing A Level from Beacon House School System, is missing. Aziz, a graduate of Columbia University who also served on senior positions at the Foreign Office, is a retired professor of International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University. His elder son is an Army doctor. Aziz was taken away from his house in G/10-3 on Wednesday evening by sleuths of the Counter-Terrorism Cell, his wife Amira Aziz told The News. Amira, an ex-MNA of Jamaat-e-Islami and now a Shura member of the Tehrik, is a religious scholar and writes columns in an Urdu daily. Aziz’s driver, Phool Zeb from Nowshera, has already been arrested as investigators found a mobile SIM allegedly used for conversation during the attacks on the Parade Lane Mosque and Moon Market, was issued in his name. Likewise, the car used in the mosque attack belonged to Jawad, the son of a Tehrik-e-Islami woman, Sarwat Wahid, a resident of I-8 Sector, Islamabad. Both of them are missing since then. Likewise, Aziz’ son, Omer, a student of Islamic International University, has not returned home for the last five days.

Those who are behind these attacks are enemies of Islam. They want to destabilize Pakistan and Islam. Time to stand on one platform to counter these attacks and punish those bastards who are behind these attacks.. Sorry for using bad words but i can’t control my emotions as a Muslim.

July 1 (Reuters) – Three suicide bombers struck a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 100, officials said.

It was the second major attack in Lahore, capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province, in just over a month.

Militants from outlawed groups in Punjab are developing closer ties with the Taliban in the northwest.

Here are facts about some of the major militant groups in Punjab and in the tribal regions.

LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI
Sunni Muslim Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) is one of the most notorious al Qaeda-linked groups with roots in Punjab. It has also forged strong ties with the Pakistani Taliban groups operating in the tribal areas on the Afghan border.
LeJ emerged as a sectarian group in the 1990s, targeting minority Shi’ite Muslims, but graduated to more audacious attacks, like the truck bombing of Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel in 2008 in which 55 people were killed. It is also blamed for an assault on Sri Lanka’s cricket team in which seven Pakistanis were killed. Six team members and a British coach were wounded.
LeJ was outlawed in Pakistan in August 2001. Members are also involved in violence in Afghanistan.
It is believed to be behind last year’s attack on the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, in which more than 20 people were killed.

SIPAH-E-SAHABA PAKISTAN (SSP)
SSP is a pro-Taliban, anti-Shi’ite militant group based in central Punjab. The group was banned in 2002, but officials say its members were suspected of involvement in attacks in the province, including the burning to death of eight Christians on suspicions of blasphemy last year.

JAISH-E-MOHAMMAD
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), or Army of the Prophet Mohammad, is a major militant group with links to the Taliban and al Qaeda and based in Punjab. It was banned in Pakistan in 2002 after it was blamed for an attack on the Indian parliament in December 2001.
The group initially focused its fighting on the Indian part of divided Kashmir, but forged links with al Qaeda and the Taliban and is suspected of involvement in high profile attacks, including the murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Faisal Shahzad, the main suspect behind the failed New York bombing in May, reportedly had links with the JeM.
According to reports, Shahzad also visited South Waziristan, highlighting the JeM’s links with the Taliban in the northwest.
JeM fighters are also involved in violence in northwest Pakistan and across the border in Afghanistan.

LASHKAR-E-TAIBA
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a Punjab-based group focused on fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. It was founded in 1990 and began operations in Kashmir in 1993.
It was blamed for the coordinated attacks on the Indian financial capital, Mumbai, in November in 2008 that killed 166 people. LeT was also blamed for the late 2001 Indian parliament attack and was banned in Pakistan in 2002.
It has not been blamed for attacks inside Pakistan.

TEHRIK-E-TALIBAN PAKISTAN (TTP)
TTP, or Taliban Movement of Pakistan, is the main Pakistani militant alliance which operates from Pakistan’s northwest. It has links with al Qaeda as well as the Punjabi groups and is suspected of being behind most bomb and suicide attacks across Pakistan. Led by Hakimullah Mehsud, a brutal militant commander, Pakistani Taliban insurgents are also fighting the Pakistan army in the northwest. TTP also claimed responsibility for being behind the botched New York bomb plot.
Most recently, the TTP claimed responsibility for the attacks in Lahore in May that killed between 80 and 95 members of the minority Ahmadi sect. A spokesman said they worked with agents in eastern Punjab, illustrating the group’s growing links, influence and reach.

AL QAEDA-LINKED MILITANTS
A large number of non-Afghan foreign militants, including Arabs, Chechens, Uzbeks and Chinese, as well as Muslim militants from the West, are also based in Pakistan’s northwest, mainly in North Waziristan. (Editing by Chris Allbritton and Myra MacDonald)

@Kashif, you seem to be hell bent on discarding all sorts of evidence against the Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban, which is known to everyone but their supporters and apologists.

In short, Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban represent an extremist Deobandi ideology. Sipah-e-Sahaba are the only extremist Deobandi organisation with active presence in Punjab and elsewhere. In the past they have been involved in similar attacks against Barelvis, Shias and people of other sects and faiths (Ahmadis in Lahore, Christians in various parts of Punjab etc).

For example, this recent interview of Ludhianvi, the head of Sipah-e-Sahaba, in which he shows his hatred for Barelvi Muslims (by equating them with non-Muslims from India and elsewhere) and indirectly admits his organisation’s involvement in the attack on Barelvis’ Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession in Faisalabad. You need to speak to a Barelvi Muslim in Lahore or Faisalabad in order to understand the Sipah-e-Sahaba’s real face:

To hell with Taliban and their brethren in Sipah-e-Sahaba, Jamaat-e-Islami, Tanga Party and Nawaz-League !!!
To hell with all those deobandi mullahs especially Mufti Naeem of Jamia Binoria and Hanif Jalandhri who justify suicide bombings !!!

Right after the blasts at Data Darbar CCPO of Lhr Khusro Pervaiz pointed finger at Afghanistan and India !!!
I was just wondering how many innocent Pakistanis’ lives will be sacrificed and how many mosques/Imambargahs/Darbar and other places of worships would be destroyed before government of Punjab wakes up and takes action against Sipah-e-Sahaba, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Jaish-e-Mohammad and other sectarian/terrorist outfits !!!

@Kashif Naseer,
Could you please advise us what is aim/agenda of Sipah-e-Sahaba ???????
Could you deny that SSP’s terrorists are responsible for target killing of Shias/Barelvis ???
Could you deny that SSP has links with Taliban terrorists and Qari Hussain (Ustad-ul-Fidiayeen), Hakeem ullah Mehsud and many more Taliban leaders were actually members of SSP ???

right wing biased criminal media once again trying to hide real criminals by mixing american war on terror with this barbaric incident

we have to fight with extremists even if we have to fight with them 100 years more and Kiyani should first take care of fight with terrorists in Pakistan rather than paving a way of second brutal taliban regime in Afghanistan which would only and only increase violence and militancy in Pakistan as TTP /Sipha e Sahaba will find a safe heaven in Afghanistan under Taliban regime,

No more BS conspiracy theories..no more nonsense, no more Hamid Gul SOB and Lunatic Hamid Mir, no more Kharji Munawar Hassan and Mullah Fazlu..put all of them in Jail for supporting terrorism and launch an operation against terrorists hiding under Haqani umbrella in N.Wazirstan ..we cant handover Pakistan to terrorists on the will of some lunatic mad Kharjis..Go to hell Jihadi Brigade

LAHORE: The Sunni Ittehad Council, an alliance of the Sunni Barelvi parties, has called an urgent meeting to review the situation arising out of Thursday’s suicide blasts at Data Darbar, in which at least 37 people were killed.

Speaking to SAMAA after the attacks, prominent religious leader Haji Hanif Tayyab strongly condemned the terror attacks. He said the meeting would take place after Friday prayers at Jamia Namia.

KARACHI: Five men, including two members each from the Shia and Barelvi sects, were gunned down on Monday in different areas of the city in the ongoing spree of target killings.

At least four unidentified motorcyclists ambushed Sajid Ali Abbas and killed him at a bus stop near a medical store in Nazimabad No 1.

Riots broke out in Rizvia Society, Nazimabad, Paposh Nagar and Essa Nagri to protest the killing. Aerial firing was also reported in various areas.

Senior police officials suspended Rizvia Station House Officer (SHO) Ameer Gondal for failing to maintain law and order in the area.

Newly-posted Rizvia SHO Ali Raza said the situation was brought under control as soon as the law enforcement officials arrived at the scene.

Jafaria Alliance Pakistan spokesman Ali Ahmer said the death toll of the members of the Shia sect had risen to six in the last two weeks. He blamed the members of banned organisations for the killings.

Separately, a member of the Dawat-e-Islami, a religious organisation of the Barelvi sect, was killed by two unidentified men on a motorcycle in the Liaquat Market area in Malir.

Saudabad SHO Azhar Lahori said Qasim Muhammad Umer, 31, was a resident of the Malir area. In another incident, an Internet café proprietor was gunned down in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.

Police said Akhtar Rasool, 25, was on his way home when unidentified men shot him near Jauhar Chowrangi.

In a separate incident, Ali Muhammad, 27, was murdered outside his house in Muslimabad.

The Peerabad police said the incident took place in the wee hours when Muhammad left his house after receiving a phone call.

SHO Rahim Khan said street criminals might be behind the incident as the victim had ties with some criminals.

Meanwhile, an unidentified man’s bullet-riddled body was recovered in Haji Miandad Goth and taken to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

A specimen of the Wahhabi justification for the destruction of Rahman Baba’s tomb: Taken from a Wahhabi (potentially Al Qaeda/Taliban?) blog:

AbuUsama said:

jazakhallahu kahir bro AbuMarwan, here is the picture

Local residents gather at the damaged shrine of 17th century Sufi poet Rehman Baba in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday

Very happy to see Deobandis becoming Wahabis, this going to be a great shock to our soofi moulana NOORUDDEEN

Omar Farook Al Afghani said:
Mashallah

lets hope they keep up the good work inshallah

Ulema Deoband actually consider this practice to be evil. A couple of weeks ago we had one deobandi scholar giving a khutba where he deemed tawassul, istgatha ect to be shirk and he said that its an obligation on muslims to destroy these places of shirk as he called it.

Aboo Ayaat Al Hindee said:

And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allah as rivals (to Allah). They love them as they love Allah. But those who believe, love Allah more (than anything else). If only, those who do wrong could see, when they will see the torment, that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is Severe in punishment. (Surah Al-Baqarah:165)

Haaji Abu Bakr said:
the should deal with the shrine when they have authority right? it seems that if they had authority and then disassembled the shrine they would have more support of the locals.

Ra’ad said:
Yeah, it’s hardly been destroyed as such. That could be rebuilt within a month probably.

Can’t always measure the validity of an action based on acceptance of other people. That’s where the term Ghurabaa becomes relevant.

Noorah said:
Alhumdulillah

Saif ur Rahman Al Afghany said:

Question:
“Is it permissible for me to demolish small Masajids (mosques) that have shrines of sheikhs who are called Awliya’ (pious people)? It it permissible for me to take part of their ruins, such as the roof or the cover so that I can benefit from them?”

Answer:

“Firstly, building Masajid on graves is Haram, as it is authentically established that the Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited this and cursed those who do so. If they are built, the Muslim rulers should demolish them as a form of preventing evil, for they were not founded on Taqwa.

Likewise, if a group of Muslims has the ability, they themselves should tear it down, provided that this will not cause any Fitnah, which cannot be overcome. In his call for Tawhid, the Prophet did not destroy the idols which were at the Ka’bah and those inside it at first. However, when the Muslims became more powerful, he demolished them on the year of Conquest of Makkah.

Secondly, if they are demolished, it is permissible for you to take parts that you can make use of, as long as there is no fear of Fitnah or harm.

May Allaah grant us success! Peace and Blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and Companions”.

There are so many of these shrines throughout the muslim world. I heard that some people even go there for sex, drugs and other fawaahish – wal’iyaadubillaah.

When Talibaan mujahideen came to Afghanistan, they did not destroy these shrines. They prohibited people from entering the shrines, except once a week orso AND then they entered under full supervision of the Talibaan. They wrote on some famous graves:

“If anyone worships this grave, his head will be chopped off”.

Wa Allaahu A’alam,

The Prohibition of Building Structures over Graves and the Obligation to remove them

Aboo ayat al hindee said:

yes sunni ‘muslims’ are praying to them as well. sunni is only a label meaning ‘not shia’ it is meaningless because many sunnis share the same beliefs and practices of the shia such as saint worship and many of them may even be secularists.

if one is asking the dead to make dua on their behalf believing they can hear them while being at their grave this is an innovated method of worship which means it is haram and no doubt these are from among the beginning stages of shirk. i am not sure if you can say that this individual has left the deen by committing an act of shirk but many of these people actually do pray to the saint to fulfill their needs and slaughter in their name and they are not just asking him to ask allah for them.

Abu Usama said:

As Salamu Alaikum Warahmathullah

with due respect i dont agree with you bro, how many years more they should be waiting till the laymen understand ? if this is what, Sheikh Muhammed ibn Abdul Wahab (rahimullah) would have thought i think we would be witnessing grave worshping in Madeena and Makka to this date so in my opinion if they (taliban) have the power then they should not wait another second without destroying those idols. We know Prophet (PBUH) was sent to destroy the shirk right so why the Muwahidoon should wait anymore ? did not Prophet (PBUH) dispetced Ali (Ral) to level all the graves in his (PBUH) last days ? did not he (PBUH) asked the Shaba (ral) to witness that the Islam was completed ? So how long we should wait ?

@Kashif Naseer,
I am still waiting for the answers of my following questions posted earlier @http://criticalppp.com/archives/17285/comment-page-1#comment-13671

QUOTE
Could you please advise us what is aim/agenda of Sipah-e-Sahaba ???????
Could you deny that SSP’s terrorists are responsible for target killing of Shias/Barelvis ???
Could you deny that SSP has links with Taliban terrorists and Qari Hussain (Ustad-ul-Fidiayeen), Hakeem ullah Mehsud and many more Taliban leaders were actually members of SSP ???

There are thousand of Hate Speeches which clearly prove SSP /LJ and madaris involvement in terrorism ,Many of these Molvis accept this terrorism openly but their supporters always deny .
Thousands of proofs are here but they would still deny .and this is just because of biased thinking .

we have speeches of sipah-e-sahaba leaders preaching hate against shias and brelvis. What proof do people need? do they need to see a video of Ahmed Ludhianvi wearing a suicide jacket? Because that’s never going to happen. It’s called “deniability”.

@ Akhtar,
I today talked with one of my friends living in Lahore, according to him some people are even pointing fingers at poor Ahmedis, can you believe that ????
How can people be so naive ?
As far as I know, not a single Ahmedi has ever been arrested/charged with terrorists activities and still some people think they could kill innocent people at Data Darbar ?

@Secular-Pakistan
Ordinary people who are brainwashed by the preachers of hate really need help. Some of them are ill informed and suffer from adverse perceptions and stereotypes of others.

Take Kashif Naseer’s case as an example. He otherwise appears to be an ok person with reasonable level of intellect and reasoning. However, look at his double standards regarding Ahmadis and the Sipah-e-Sahaba. He cannot find any evidence of the Sipah-e-Sahaba’s terrorist activities but appears to have a lot of evidence against Ahmadis, celebrating their merciless slaughter by the Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba.

LUBP

Let Us Build Pakistan

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